Nipah virus: Medicine to be flown in from Malaysia, says Kerala Health Minister
Authored By Wion Web Desk
Published: May 22, 2018, 21:35 IST | Updated: May 22, 2018, 21:35 IST
Nipah virus: Kerala
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The government is trying to bring in a medicine called Riba which has been used before in Malaysia and can, to some extent, control the virus
Kerala Health Minister KK Shylaja has said that medicine to treat the Nipah virus outbreak will be flown in from Malaysia.
The government is trying to bring in a medicine called Riba which has been used before in Malaysia and can reportedly, to some extent, control the virus.
Nipah is a zoonosis, or a disease which can be transmitted to humans from animals.
The virus has so far killed 11 people in Kerala.
One of them was the nurse who had been looking after people who had contracted Nipah.